Garment-stiffener.



R. A. HAMPTON.

GARMENT STIFFENER.

APPLICATION FILED 11110.19, 1911.

Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROXANNA A. HAMPTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-STIFFENER.

Application filed December 19, 1911.

To alt whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROXANNA A. HAMP- TON, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Garment-Stiffener, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to wearing apparel, and its object is to provide anew and improved garment stiffener, more especially designed forstiffening the yokes of ladies dresses and waists, such as open alongthe back, and arranged for convenient insertion in the yokes andsufficiently pliable to readily conform to the shape of the wearer, witha view to give the desired stiffness to the yoke without rendering thegarment uncomfortable to the wearer. For the purpose mentioned use ismade of two stiffeners inserted in the back of the yoke at oppositesides of the back opening, each stiffener being made of spring wire bentto provide top and bottom bars connected with each other by corrugatedend bars, of which one extends along the edge of the opening while theother extends along the shoulder seam.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the stiffener as applied; and Fig. 2is a face view of the same.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, two stiffeners A, A are used in the back ofthe yoke of a ladys dress or waist B on opposite sides of the backopening C. Each fastener A is preferably made from a single piece ofspring wire bent to form top and bottom bars A, A and corrugated endbars A A, as plainly shown in the drawings. The end bar A extendsperpendicularly along Copies of this patent may be obtained forSpecification of Letters Patent.

five cents each, by addressing the Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

Serial No. 666,779.

the edge of the back opening C, while the other end bar A is arrangedalong the shoulder seam of the garment B. The top and bottom bars A, Aare preferably segmental and the top bar A extends along the collarwhile the bottom bar A extends from the outer end of the shoulder to thelower end of the end bar A Now by the arrangement described the yoke isproperly stiffened, especially by having the end bars A and Acorrugated, it being understood that the said end bars are pliable in atrans verse and sidewise direction so as to readily conform to the shapeof the wearers body, at the same time giving the desired stiffness inthe direction of the length of the said end bars.

It is understood that the stiffener is fastened to the, yoke by stitchesor other fastening means, and the ends of the piece of wire forming thest-i fiener are fastened to gether by soldering or other suitable means.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

In a ladys dress or waist having an opening at the back, the combinationwith the yoke, of two stifieners inserted in the back of the yoke at oposite sides of the back opening, each sti ener being made of springwire bent to form segmental top and bottom bars, and corrugated end barsconnecting the top and bottom bars with each other, one of the saidcorrugated end bars extending along the edge of the back opening and theother extending along the shoulder seam of the garment.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROXANNA A. HAMPTON.

Witnesses:

LAURENCE J. GALLAGHER, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

